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Creating a dance is like coming up with a Chuck Berry riff.

Quotes by Toni Basil

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

Quotes by Tommy Davidson

If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

Quotes by Tom Vilsack

There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

Quotes by Tom Vilsack

I did tap dancing and stuff like that at drama school. I did ballet as well. My dance teacher and I didn't necessarily get along all that well sometimes. She's brilliant... but it's just because I don't like wearing tights...

Quotes by Tom Weston-Jones

I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.

Quotes by Tom Lenk

I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart. I love to do a show, do something with friends; I'm kind of a nerd in that way. I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something...

Quotes by Tom Lenk

When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good exercise.

Quotes by Tom Holland

Peter Parker can't dance. He can flip and climb up walls and do backflips, but he definitely can't dance.

Quotes by Tom Holland

My dad and his brothers were involved in amateur dramatics. From an early age, I was dragged along to rehearsals when they couldn't get childcare. I was watching pensioners dance around in sweatpants, which was very traumatic for a young...

Quotes by Tom Glynn-Carney

I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance.

Quotes by TobyMac

It's important for me to put out things that I think are good - I want to be a fan of my own stuff. I also want my live shows to be really awesome, and dance is such an important...

Quotes by Tinashe

Part of the reason I fell in love with dance so early was because of people like Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Britney Spears. When they would dance onstage and in their videos, that was huge for me. I lived...

Quotes by Tinashe

Dance has always just been an extension of music for me. It's about putting my music into motion. It's just another dimension that I tap into with my music that not many artists do anymore.

Quotes by Tinashe

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.

Quotes by Tino Sehgal

Because of this high status of the object in our culture, something has to be a thing. Live efforts are almost marginal. I think dance, for example, is just as much a thing, and I want for it to have...

Quotes by Tino Sehgal

When my kids were young, we used to go to a place called The Shrine of the Black Madonna in Houston. It was an African-American bookstore where they sold paintings, but they also had a room that was an all-purpose...

Quotes by Tina Knowles

When Talking Heads started, we called ourselves Thinking Man's Dance Music.

Quotes by Tina Weymouth

We always thought the Tom Tom Club could change to anything, but it acquired this image, which was cartoon animation and this real light-hearted dance music.

Quotes by Tina Weymouth

When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available.

Quotes by Tina Yothers

Frequently Asked Questions

How intensely do these speakers feel about dance?
Very. One puts it in the strongest possible terms: "if I don't dance, I'd rather die." It's a striking way of showing just how central dance is to their identity.
Is there a quote about living fully in the moment through dance?
Yes, a beautiful one: "think about exactly what you're doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it." It ties dance to a bigger philosophy of presence, not just movement.
What role did dance play growing up, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, it was formative and protective — they "started in dance classes when I was, like, seven years old," and explain the arts more broadly helped keep their "mind focused" growing up in "South Central Los Angeles." For more on the people who make dance their craft, see our Dancer quotes.
Can dance be used to explore ideas beyond just movement?
Yes — one speaker describes a piece meant to translate abstract ideas, referencing Einstein, into movement, explaining they were "trying to convert his ideas into movement." It shows dance can be a way of communicating concepts, not just emotion.
Where can I find more dance-related content?
Our Dance Floor and Dance Music pages capture more of the energy around dancing, and our Dances collection rounds out the theme nicely.

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